Isidoro Verga

Isidoro Verga (29 April 1832 – 10 August 1899) was an Italian canon lawyer and cardinal.^[1]

His Eminence Isidoro Verga
Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	1 October 1896
Term ended	10 August 1899
Predecessor	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Successor	Serafino Vannutelli
Other post	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1896–99)
Previous posts	Secretary for Seminaries of the Congregation of the Council (1877–78) Secretary of the Congregation of the Council (1878–84) Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (1884–91) Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1885–88) Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1888–96) Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1891–96) Protodeacon (1891–96) Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto (1896)
Orders
Ordination	1859
Consecration	13 December 1896 by Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
Created cardinal	10 November 1884 by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon (1884–96) Cardinal-Priest (1896) Cardinal-Bishop (1896–99)
Personal details
Born	Isidoro Verga 29 April 1832 Bassano Taverina, Viterbo, Papal States
Died	10 August 1899(1899-08-10) (aged 67) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Alma mater	Collegio Romano La Sapienza University
Coat of arms

He studied at the diocesan seminaries of Orte and Viterbo, then studied theology at the Roman College and canon law at La Sapienza University; in 1859, he was ordained a priest and practiced as a lawyer at the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.^[1]

He was created cardinal in 1884,^[2] and became bishop of Albano and Apostolic Penitentiary in 1896.^[1][3] He was given the titular church of San Callisto.^[4]

Using a gift from his brother Antonio, he bought a building in his home town of Teverina, to be used by the Sisters of Saint Anne for the religious education of young people.^[1]